Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America
United States of America: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 95.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America, 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 95.5% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America peaked at 95.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 80.9%, in 2005.
United States of America ranks 2nd of 111 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 81.7% | — |
| 2005 | 80.9% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 81.5% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 82.5% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 83.5% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 83.8% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 83.9% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 84.4% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 84.8% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 85.1% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 85.2% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 85.7% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 86.5% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 94.2% | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 88.8% | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 94.8% | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 89.0% | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 95.1% | +6.9% |
| 2024 | 95.5% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 82.0% | 80.9% | 83.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 85.9% | 83.8% | 94.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 92.7% | 88.8% | 95.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 1 Uzbekistan 97.8% compare
- 3 Czechia 94.1% compare
- 4 Belarus 93.7% compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 93.5% compare
More education data for United States of America
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1.78 million (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.97 (2022)
- School enrollment, primary 97.0% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America was 95.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 95.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.9% in 2005.
- How does United States of America rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- United States of America ranks 2nd out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release